62 CATALOGUE OF 



134. Lyg^us magtans. 

 niaclans, Slal, Deri. Enl. Zcii, x. 162. 

 Norlli Australia. 



135. LvGiEUS AUGUR. 



augur, Slal, A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. v. 1S7. 

 Moreton Bay. 



136. LYGiEUS CON TIG U us. 



Mas. Aler ; capnt nilcns, anlicc fulvum ; prothnrax rufo bhnaculatus ; 

 segmenta pcclnralia lutco marginalci ; sculellum, abdomen el corima 

 lulea ; venler apiccm vrrsus nigro plagialuiii ; meinhrana gultu discali 

 transversa alba. 



Male. Deep black. Head shining^, tawny in front. Eostrum 

 extending to the hind coxs. Antenna; nuich more than half the length of 

 the body; first joint about half the length of the head ; third shorter than 

 the second ; fourth hardly longer than the third. Protliorax with a red 

 spot on each side near the fore border. Scutellum, hind borders of the 

 pectoral segments, abdomen and curium luteous. Abdomen with a large 

 black ])atch beneath towards the lip. Memlnane with a transverse white 

 dot belbre the middle. Length of tlie body 6 lines. 



Nearly allied to L. leucurus. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



137. LvGiEUS SUBJECTUS. 



Mas el fuem. Lutens, capile rosfro antennh prot/torace sciilello pedibusque 

 7iigris ; rostrum seginculum lum vrnlralc allingcns ; prolhorax anlice 

 luleus ; venler gullis cpialuor subapicalibus apiceque nigris ; corium 

 rufum, slriga cosiali nigra ; mcmbrana nigricans. 



Male and female. Luteous. Head, rostrum, antennae, protliorax 

 except the fore part, scutellum and legs black. Rostrum extending to the 

 hind border of tlie fust ventral segment. Aiitennte a little more than half 

 ihe length of the body; third joint shorter than the second. Abdomen 

 beneath with two black dots near the lip, which is also black. Corium of 

 the fore wings red, with a black costal streak which is broadest near its 

 tip ; membrane blackish. Length of the body 4— 4i lines. 



a, b. Australia. 



138. Lyg.kus nivisus. 



Mas. Niger ; caput supra rufum, verlice maculisque duabiis poslicis 

 niqris ; venler ruf us, apice)n versus niger; curium rufum ; membrana 

 macula transversa alba. 



Male. Black. He id al)ove brif;hl red ; tip black ; a black spot on 

 cacli side of the hind border belwceu the eyes. Ilostrum extending to the 

 hind coxaj. Antennie about half the length of the body ; first joint a little 

 more than half the length of the head ; third shorter than the second. 



